[dkersten]

I've listed the books I have below. I haven't read much of them yet (its slow going). The one that I'm currently in the process of reading is "Myths from Mesopotamia" by Stephanie Dalley. I like it so far, but its not an easy read. It gives you a relatively direct translation of the Sumerian texts, so there are many missing fragments (tablets found in different cities tended to have slightly different versions of the same stories, so you couldn't use them to complete missing bits from tablets from another city). This makes it time consuming to read, but does give you an accurate picture.

The books I have and am slowly trying to get through are:

  "Myths from Mesopotamia" by Stephanie Dalley
  "History Begins At Sumer" by Samuel Noah Kramer
  "Guide To Understanding Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Cananite And Phoenician Tablets, Slabs, Symbols And Cuneiform Inscriptions" by Maximiliien de Lafayette
  "Cuneiform" by Irving Fincel and Jonathan Taylor
  "Sumerian Mythology" by Samuel Noah Kramer
  "Introduction to Sumerian Grammar" by Daniel Foxvog

I'm not far enough through all of them to be able to properly compare and haven't read any other books, so I'm not sure if I would recommend them or not.

The Cuneiform book was fun (if you're interested in Cuneiform) as cuneiform is easy to write and I was able to write my name phonetically :)